The invention of printing : a collection of facts and opinions descriptive of early prints and playing cards, the block-books of the fifteenth century, the legend of Lourens Janszoon Coster, of Haarlem, and the work of John Gutenberg and his associates (1878)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : F. Hart · leaf 251
laced on the face ofChrist to wipe away the blood that dripped from the crown 244 BLOCK-BOOKS WITH TEXT. of thorns, and received therefrom the impress of his features.Under this design the papal arms and the triple crown, thecrossed keys, and the letters S. P. Q. R. The arms of thepope are those of… … 3*£\ tap wfut tabwexubs. ■ An Illustration from the Pomerium Spirituale.Original is 4^ by 5 inches. [From Holtrop.] The rightful place of this work is among the manuscriptsthat are partly written and partly printed, for its pictures wereengraved and its text was written. The book contains twenty-…
Printing -- History Origin and antecedents
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